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In Competition: "Sin City" by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller
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For the first time in his career, Robert Rodriguez has come to the Cannes Festival to present a film. Vying for a Palme d'Or, Sin City is an adaptation of the Frank Miller's graphic novel, with a cast including such stars as Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro, Elijah Wood, Michael Madsen, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, and Brittany Murphy. Robert Miller has credited the comic-book author Frank Miller as co-director; Quentin Tarantino, who directed a portion of the film, also receives this billing.
Robert Rodriguez films three stories involving three people who are lost in the chaos of a murky metropolis called Sin City: Hartigan, an elderly police officer who has sworn to protect Nancy, a stripper; Marv, a brutal but philosophical social outcast, determined to avenge the death of Goldie, the love of his life; and lastly, Dwight, who is employed by Jackie Boy, a violent cop who pimps on the side, to guard his hookers. Some of Sin City's denizens thirst for revenge; others are seeking salvation.
"Reading [Miller's] books, I found fantastic images," Robert Rodriguez enthuses. I liked the fact that the dialogue didn't sound like film dialogue, that the visuals didn't look like anything you could see in a film. It was more unpredictable than any other screenplay. I wanted to bring Frank's vision to the screen exactly as it was. I didn't want to make Robert Rodriguez's Sin City but Frank Miller's! I knew that with the technology I'd already learned how to use, doing the lighting, photography, and visual effects would be possible."
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For the first time in his career, Robert Rodriguez has come to the Cannes Festival to present a film. Vying for a Palme d'Or, Sin City is an adaptation of the Frank Miller's graphic novel, with a cast including such stars as Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro, Elijah Wood, Michael Madsen, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, and Brittany Murphy. Robert Miller has credited the comic-book author Frank Miller as co-director; Quentin Tarantino, who directed a portion of the film, also receives this billing.
Robert Rodriguez films three stories involving three people who are lost in the chaos of a murky metropolis called Sin City: Hartigan, an elderly police officer who has sworn to protect Nancy, a stripper; Marv, a brutal but philosophical social outcast, determined to avenge the death of Goldie, the love of his life; and lastly, Dwight, who is employed by Jackie Boy, a violent cop who pimps on the side, to guard his hookers. Some of Sin City's denizens thirst for revenge; others are seeking salvation.
"Reading [Miller's] books, I found fantastic images," Robert Rodriguez enthuses. I liked the fact that the dialogue didn't sound like film dialogue, that the visuals didn't look like anything you could see in a film. It was more unpredictable than any other screenplay. I wanted to bring Frank's vision to the screen exactly as it was. I didn't want to make Robert Rodriguez's Sin City but Frank Miller's! I knew that with the technology I'd already learned how to use, doing the lighting, photography, and visual effects would be possible."
source:
www.festival-cannes.fr/films/...ilm.php
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